MLB News
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MLB: Braves bury Phillies behind an eight-run fourth
Twelve hitters in one inning The fourth inning blew the game wide open. Atlanta sent 12 batters to the plate and scored eight runs. The rest was just padding for the final line: a 12-2 rout of Philadelphia on Friday night, with the three-game series already wrapped up. Ronald Acuna Jr sparked the surge with…
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MLB: One inning undoes Arizona as Rangers win 6-2 in Phoenix
Four innings of nothing, then six runs in one go. Wyatt Langford’s 435-foot drive opened the floodgates in Phoenix and left Arizona’s wild-card hopes looking thinner.
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MLB: Mariners bury Athletics 19-1 behind 23 hits
A 49-year-old record goes down Seattle blew past the Athletics 19-1 in West Sacramento on Tuesday night. Eighteen runs. No team in the franchise has won by that margin since it was founded in 1977. The Mariners piled up 23 hits, their best total of the season, along with the 19 runs. Eight batters scored…
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MLB: Lindor grand slam caps Mets rout of the Yankees
Three home runs off Gerrit Cole, then a Francisco Lindor grand slam to finish it. The Mets took the Subway Series meeting 12-2 in the Bronx overnight.
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MLB: Grichuk’s ninth-inning blast keeps the White Sox ahead
Two outs, a 1-2 count, and the man St. Louis first called up. Randal Grichuk’s ninth-inning homer kept the White Sox in front of the AL Central.
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MLB: Twins call up Emmanuel Rodriguez for the run-in
Seven years after a $2.5 million signing bonus, Emmanuel Rodriguez is a big leaguer. Minnesota promoted him from Triple-A St. Paul earlier today.
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MLB: Pirates lose rookie Esmerlyn Valdez for the year with a hamstring strain
A routine grounder brings it all to a halt Seventeen home runs in 72 games. That was the rookie season Pittsburgh had been waiting years for, and it ended on a ground ball to the right side. The Pirates placed Esmerlyn Valdez on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a left hamstring strain. Second baseman…
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MLB: Pirates lose Esmerlyn Valdez to a hamstring
The 22-year-old rookie pulled up running out a grounder in Chicago on Friday. Seventeen home runs into his first season, his year may already be over.
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MLB: Skenes faces a red-hot Cubs lineup in Chicago
Alex Bregman finished a triple shy of the cycle and the Cubs are rolling again. Paul Skenes still has not solved Chicago. The middle game of the series lands this afternoon.
